Ait Melloul climate

Name: Ait Melloul
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Ait Melloul is warmest in August, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 9.5 °C. December is the wettest month (39 mm) and July the driest (0.04 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Ait Melloul averages 214 mm of rain and 181 days above 25 °C.

Morocco · population 187,652 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month August 31 °C
Coldest month January 9.5 °C
Driest month July 0 mm
Wettest month December 39 mm
Least cloud July 26 % cloud
Hottest on record July 50 °C
Coldest on record February 4.0 °C
Warmest sea August 20 °C

What to expectAit Melloul through the year

Ait Melloul has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 20 °C in January to 31 °C in August, a swing of 11 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 181 days a year reach 25 °C, 57 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 50 °C, in July.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 0 mm in July to 39 mm in December. There is no dry season to aim for.

The sea off Ait Melloul is warmest in August at 20 °C and coldest in February at 17 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	20.1 °C	25 mm	32 %
February	21.4 °C	34 mm	30 %
March	23.4 °C	32 mm	33 %
April	24.0 °C	12 mm	32 %
May	25.7 °C	6 mm	33 %
June	27.6 °C	1 mm	30 %
July	30.6 °C	under 1 mm	26 %
August	31.0 °C	2 mm	29 %
September	28.3 °C	4 mm	34 %
October	26.6 °C	23 mm	39 %
November	23.5 °C	37 mm	35 %
December	20.9 °C	39 mm	35 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	20.1 °C	9.5 °C	14.4 °C	29.2 °C	4.5 °C	2	0
February	21.4 °C	10.7 °C	15.7 °C	34.3 °C	4.0 °C	5	0
March	23.4 °C	12.6 °C	17.6 °C	36.1 °C	6.2 °C	10	3
April	24.0 °C	13.9 °C	18.6 °C	40.2 °C	7.5 °C	9	3
May	25.7 °C	15.5 °C	20.2 °C	42.5 °C	9.9 °C	15	4
June	27.6 °C	17.4 °C	22.0 °C	46.6 °C	13.2 °C	23	5
July	30.6 °C	19.3 °C	24.4 °C	49.7 °C	14.9 °C	30	13
August	31.0 °C	20.1 °C	24.9 °C	48.3 °C	15.6 °C	31	15
September	28.3 °C	18.6 °C	22.9 °C	44.3 °C	14.2 °C	26	6
October	26.6 °C	17.0 °C	21.3 °C	41.2 °C	10.2 °C	18	6
November	23.5 °C	13.7 °C	18.1 °C	35.5 °C	7.0 °C	10	2
December	20.9 °C	11.0 °C	15.4 °C	31.4 °C	5.1 °C	2	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	25 mm	3	10 h/day	32 %	69 %	16 km/h	17.3 °C
February	34 mm	3	11 h/day	30 %	67 %	18 km/h	16.7 °C
March	32 mm	4	12 h/day	33 %	65 %	19 km/h	16.9 °C
April	12 mm	2	13 h/day	32 %	69 %	20 km/h	17.0 °C
May	6 mm	1	14 h/day	33 %	69 %	21 km/h	17.5 °C
June	1 mm	0	14 h/day	30 %	72 %	20 km/h	18.5 °C
July	under 1 mm	0	14 h/day	26 %	69 %	18 km/h	19.4 °C
August	2 mm	0	13 h/day	29 %	69 %	18 km/h	20.1 °C
September	4 mm	1	12 h/day	34 %	73 %	18 km/h	19.9 °C
October	23 mm	2	11 h/day	39 %	71 %	17 km/h	19.7 °C
November	37 mm	3	11 h/day	35 %	69 %	16 km/h	18.7 °C
December	39 mm	3	10 h/day	35 %	71 %	15 km/h	18.1 °C

How Ait Melloul compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Ait Melloul	31 °C	9.5 °C	214 mm	181
Agadir · Morocco	32 °C	10 °C	268 mm	185
Marrakesh · Morocco	36 °C	3.1 °C	265 mm	193
Safi · Morocco	29 °C	9.8 °C	267 mm	139
El Jadida · Morocco	27 °C	11 °C	318 mm	95
Settat · Morocco	33 °C	6.9 °C	319 mm	168

Where Ait Melloul ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Africa in March	3rd of 50	95/100
Places with the best weather in Africa year-round	9th of 50	88/100
Places with the best weather in the world in March	10th of 50	95/100
Places with the best weather in Africa in February	13th of 50	94/100
Places with the best weather in Africa in November	13th of 50	96/100
Places with the best weather in Africa in January	27th of 50	92/100

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QuestionsCommon questions about Ait Melloul’s climate

When is the best time to visit Ait Melloul?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. April, May, October sit closest to 20 °C on average, August is the warmest month and July the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Ait Melloul get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 57 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 50 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 9.5 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Ait Melloul?

December, averaging 39 mm over 3 days with rain. The driest month is July with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 214 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Ait Melloul rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: 30.342°, -9.504° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.